Combination furniture.



PATENTED MAY 3, 1904.

K. A. RUETHIN. COMBINATION FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17l 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 3, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

KNUTE A. RUETHIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming para of Letters Paten No. 758,782, dated May 3,1904.

Application tied May 17, 1902.

10 @ZZ whom it 17m/y concern:

Be it known that I, KNUTE A. RUETHIN, a citizen of the United States,residing' at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Furniture,of which the following' is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to combination furniture; and it has for its objectto provide an improved, efficient, and durable construction of acombined chair and table, a further object being to combine therewith anauxiliary seat to be used with the article when employed as a table.

Vith these ends in view my invention consists in certain features ofnovelty in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts bywhich the said objects and certain other objects hereinafter appearingare attained, all as fully described with reference to the accompanying'drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedarticle of furniture arranged asa table, partially broken away. Fig'. 2is a front elevation, partly in vertical section, on the two lines 2 4and 2 2, Fig. 3. Fig'. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3 3,Fig. 2, showing' the device adapted for use as a chair, the position ofthe parts to provide a table and table-seat being shown in dotted lines.Fig'. 4 is an enlarged transverse detail section which is taken on theline 2 4, Fig. 3. Fig. is an enlarged detail section taken on the line 55, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail plan section on theline 6 6, Fig'. 3,showing' the auxiliary seat pushed in; and Fig. 7 is a similar viewshowing the auxiliary seat drawn out.

1 represents the back legs, and 2 the front legs, which support a mainseat 3, and from the main seat 3 the back legs are continued upwardly toform standards or stanchions 4, while the front legs 2 are continuedupwardly to form standards or stanchions 5, the latter being'substantially the same in height as the rear standards 4, and the rearstandards 4 are connected to the front standards 5 by horizontalarm-pieces 6 7, at the rear end of each of Serial No. 107,726. (Nomodel.)

which, on the inner side, is arranged a supporting stud or pivot 8. wardeach other and eng'ag'e in grooves 9, formed in the outer faces of twostrips 10, constituting' the sides of a frame or holder l0 for thecushion 11, which constitutes the back of the chair when arranged in anupright position, as shown in Fig'. 3. vThese side strips 10 are rigidlysecured to a table-top 12, which is of sufficient dimensions to restsquarely upon the horizontal arm-pieces 6 7 when it is arranged in ahorizontal position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and when arranged in anupright position, as shown in Fig'. 3, it serves as a back to the chair,of which the arm-pieces 6 7 constitute the arms. The grooves 9 are ofsuiiicient length to permit the table-top 12 to be pushed rearwardly ortoward the left, as viewed in Fig'. 1, until it can be turned into anupright position, whereupon it will drop until the pivots engage inoblique notches 13, formed at the inner ends of the grooves 9 in theside strips 10, which will cause the tabletop, which then serves as achair-back, to tilt rearwardly at its upper end and forwardly at itslower end until it rests against the standards 4 or some other fixedpart of the strueture, the grooves and notches 9 13 being' terminatedslightly below the center or 1nidlength of the side strips 10, so as tobe below the center of gravity, whereby the back will be heavier at thetop and possess a no1'- mal tendency to tilt in the inclined position.(Shown in Fig'. 3.)

To convert the device into a table, the upper edge of the table-top 12is pulled for wardly until it falls upon the arm-pieces 6 7, whereuponit may be slid along' until the ends of the grooves 9 come against thepivots 8, which serve as stops to limit further forward motion of thetable-top 12. In order that the table-top 12 may beheld down against thearmpieces 6 7, so as to permit the article to be lifted by the table-top12, one of the side strips 10 may be provided with a spring-catch 14 orother suitable device let into a recess 15 in the outer side of saidside strip 10 and adapted to engage under one of the arm-pieces 7, asshown in Fig'. 4, when the table -top 12 is lowered.

These pivots 8 project tol IOO On the underside of the main seat 3 isprovided an auxiliary seat 16, which is supported and guided by flanges17, secured to the under side of the main seat 3 in such a manner thatit may be pulled out, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, when desired.for use, and when thus pulled out its inner end is supported by theflanges 17, while its outer end may be supported by a drop-leg 18,hinged at 19 to the under side of auxiliary seat 16, the outwardmovement of the latter being limited by pendent lugs 20 coming againstpins or stops 21, projecting inwardly from the inner sides of iianges17. When the auxiliary seat 16 is pushed into place under the main seat3, the leg 18 is supported in a horizontal position by any suitablecatch 22.

With a combined chair and table thus constructed it will be seen thatthe rigid legs 1 and 2 and standards 4 and. 5 and horizontal arm-pieces6 7 constitute a frame and adequate support for the table-top, while atthe same time serving with equal efciency as arms for the device whenused as an arm-chair.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. Combination furniture comprising rigid rear legs having standardsrising therefrom, rigid front legs having standards rising therefrom,the arm-pieces, supported on the rear and front standards, a framehaving side strips located between the arm-pieces and pivoted to therear ends thereof,l a table-top secured to the frame and adapted to restupon the armpieces or against the rear legs, a main seat se` cured tothe legs, flanges, beneath the main seat, having transverse stops, andan auxiliary sliding seat supported on the flanges for seating a personat the table.

2. Combination furniture comprising rigid rear legs having standardsrising therefrom, rigid front legs having standards rising therefrom,the arm-pieces, supported on the rear and front standards, a framehaving side strips located between the arm-piecesand pivoted to the rearends thereof, a table-top secured to the frame and adapted to rest uponthe armpieces or against the rear legs, a main seat secured to the legs,iianges, beneath ,the main seat, having transverse stops, an auxiliarysliding seat supported on the flanges for seating a person at the table,having depending lugs adapted to engage the stops, a leg hinged to the4auxiliary seat, and a catch beneath the main seat for supporting the legof the auxiliary seat in folded position.

KNUTE A. RUETHIN.

Witnesses:

F. A. HOPKINS, W. D. CRoss.

